Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] [is] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 This should not be taken too literally — not every rock in the crust is a granite — things like limestones are vastly different in composition — but the average composition of all the rocks on the continents is about that of granite and contains over 60 per cent of silica .
2 Here again , both the trend of things and the advice of the experts is in the exactly opposite direction — towards the industrialisation and depersonalisation of agriculture , towards concentration , specialisation , and any kind of material waste that promises to save labour .
3 There are two dressers in there , but as one of the splinters is in the thigh , you 'll have to get it out .
4 Where Morley offends the gangbusters is in saying that crack does n't invariably kill or addict , and that , if what you need is a change of mind , it can be fun while it lasts .
5 Some 200m peasants have no real work , and unemployment in the cities is at least 4% .
6 The economic decline of the cities is by no means a recent phenomenon .
7 — Hollywood and Broadway : The Musicals is at Sunderland Empire on April 26 and Middlesbrough Town Hall on May 7 .
8 A petition can only be presented in respect of a debt if ( s 267(2) ) : ( i ) the amount of the debt or the aggregate of the debts is equal to or exceeds the bankruptcy level ( defined in 5267(4) as £750 but subject to change by the Secretary of State ) , ( ii ) the debt of each of the debts is for a liquidated sum payable either immediately or at some future time and is unsecured , ( iii ) the debtor appears unable to pay or to have no reasonable prospect of being able to pay the debt or debts , and ( iv ) there is no outstanding application to set aside a statutory demand served under s 268 ( see section 4 ( c ) below ) .
9 As Antony and Cleopatra has it , ‘ Music of the hautboys is under the stage ’ .
10 The theme throughout the er , paper , er , and the strategies is to er , divert from residential er , provision , to more community based provision .
11 Meanwhile at Thorey Island , one of the groups is under the charge of Corporal Alison Miller , Whose civilian job is as a secretary , but at weekends she becomes a Women 's Royal Army Corps Provost NCO .
12 It may , as in the early law of many societies , be no more than that an authoritative list or text of the rules is to be found in a written document or carved on some public monument …
13 A static system is one in which the content of all individual applications of the rules is at least tacitly contained within the general rules and principles and is discoverable therefore by a purely intellectual process .
14 One of the bells is in fact 82 years older than the building .
15 Temporarily transformed into an ass , with Titania drugged into loving his new shape ( Apuleius ' Golden Ass must be somewhere in Shakespeare 's mental world ) , Bottom persists in the good-humoured prose of l'homme moyen sensuel , utterly oblivious to the fact that the Queen of the fairies is in an erotic tizzy over him .
16 In both cases the practical effect of the monopolies is in most cases to reserve all the work for solicitors ( and in the case of property transfer , licensed conveyancers ) .
17 When he finally pauses to suck some air , I say , ‘ Me not telling the cops is worth ten thousand quid , I reckon .
18 The story of the Hebrews is of a nomadic tribal people who settled the Holy Land — a depopulated fertile agricultural area .
19 The ability and effectiveness of a client in controlling costs during the construction phase depends primarily on how good the clients is at minimizing changes and the effects of any unexpected events .
20 So the only way they can get at the crees is through the west field and along the path here . ’
21 This is because 40 per cent of all the information that is taken in through the eyes is for balance alone .
22 Nigel says the support of the fans is worth half a second a lap and he believes that people power helps him to win
23 I conclude from that that the technical information on on all the sectors is at best patchy , erm and where it 's comprehensive it 's come from people who are advocating a particular development proposal .
24 First because the behaviour of many of the marchers is in the worst traditions of bigotry , drunkenness and loutishness .
25 Well it says on the , on the thing we have to fill in er if any of the speakers is of non
26 When the arrears is from no .
27 In general , however , the intention of the parties is to be ascertained from the words of the lease itself and oral evidence will not be admitted to vary or contradict the written document .
28 Undoubtedly , as a general rule , the seller wants to get the highest price for his property , and the purchaser wishes to give the lowest , and in that sense it may be said that an expected difference between the parties is to be implied in every case , but unless a difference has actually arisen , it does not appear to me to be an " arbitration " .
29 A third method of making it easier on the parties is through the Fixed Costs Scheme proposed by the Law Society .
30 The lesson from Butler is that not every document sent between the parties is in fact a counter-offer .
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